Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1952–1954
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1952 to 21 May 1954. The chamber had 30 seats made up of ten provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election.
Name | Party | Province | Term expires | Years in office |
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Don Barker | Labor | North | 1958 | 1952–1956 |
Norm Baxter | Country | Central | 1958 | 1950–1958; 1960–1983 |
George Bennetts | Labor | South-East | 1958 | 1946–1965 |
Robert Boylen | Labor | South-East | 1956 | 1947–1955 |
Les Craig | Liberal | South-West | 1956 | 1934–1956 |
John Cunningham | Liberal | South-East | 1948 | 1948–1954; 1955–1962 |
Evan Davies | Labor | West | 1956 | 1947–1963 |
James Dimmitt[1] | Liberal | Suburban | 1958 | 1938–1953 |
Leslie Diver | Country | Central | 1956 | 1952–1974 |
Gilbert Fraser | Labor | West | 1954 | 1928–1958 |
Sir Frank Gibson | Liberal | Suburban | 1956 | 1942–1956 |
Arthur Griffith[1] | Liberal | Suburban | 1958 | 1953–1977 |
William Hall | Labor | North-East | 1958 | 1938–1963 |
Harry Hearn | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1954 | 1948–1956 |
Eric Heenan | Labor | North-East | 1956 | 1936–1968 |
Charles Henning | Liberal | South-West | 1954 | 1951–1955 |
James Hislop | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1958 | 1941–1971 |
Ray Jones | Country | Midland | 1956 | 1950–1967 |
Sir Charles Latham | Country | Central | 1954 | 1946–1960 |
Frederick Lavery | Labor | West | 1958 | 1952–1971 |
Les Logan | Country | Midland | 1954 | 1947–1974 |
Anthony Loton | Country | South | 1958 | 1944–1965 |
James Murray | Liberal | South-West | 1958 | 1951–1965 |
Hubert Parker | Liberal | Suburban | 1954 | 1934–1954 |
Hugh Roche | Country | South | 1954 | 1940–1960 |
Sir Harold Seddon | Liberal | North-East | 1954 | 1922–1954 |
Charles Simpson | Liberal | Midland | 1958 | 1946–1963 |
Harry Strickland | Labor | North | 1956 | 1950–1970 |
Jack Thomson | Country | South | 1956 | 1950–1974 |
Keith Watson | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1956 | 1948–1968 |
Frank Welsh | Liberal | North | 1954 | 1940–1954 |
Notes
- 1 On 13 April 1953, Suburban Province Liberal MLC James Dimmitt resigned to accept an appointment as Agent-General for Western Australia in London. Liberal candidate Arthur Griffith won the resulting by-election on 20 June 1953.
Sources
- Black, David (1991). Legislative Council of Western Australia : membership register, electoral law and statistics, 1890-1989. Perth: Parliamentary History Project. ISBN 0-7309-3641-4.
- Hughes, Colin A.; Aitkin, Don (1986). Voting for the Australian State Upper Houses, 1890-1984. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-909779-18-X.
- Black, David; Bolton, Geoffrey (2001). Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Volume Two, 1930-1990 (Revised ed.). Parliament House: Parliament of Western Australia. ISBN 0731697839.
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